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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The haters will never be happy. After world cup it was “we can’t compete with the rest of the world”. Now we’re in semi finals in olympics with good chance of medaling. “All we can do is play direct”. Over 70% possession vs Japan today.

The team that everyone loves, Spain, was lucky to pull off a win today vs Columbia. Fact is we are competitive with a lot of young players who will only get better and be competitive with the rest of the world for years to come.

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I agree. Too much doomerism. The myth of the USWNT was built off of penalty shots in a 0-0 match…25 years ago. Our dominance, while true, was never as vast between the “next tier.” So it’s absurd when people cry about a 1-0 victory against a really talented, historically strong (WC winning!) Japanese team.

That said, a coaching change was only one part of putting the USWNT back on track after the WC, the needed retirement of some “tenured” players, and getting the younger players into the right places to succeed.

We are missing some pieces. Rodman needs more experience. We need a legitimate replacement for Horan, she is clearly at the end of her international career (she looked much stronger in the WC than she does right now). We need to figure out how to get Smith to convert, and get better service to Swanson. Rose needs to smooth her game play, Girma needs a wingman…etc etc.

There are plenty of things to gripe about. But the USWNT is a damn good team. And the constant misery sounds very British footy fan in nature - so maybe we can take it as a maturing of American football fandom? [/quote]

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